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Key to Collomia

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(For a list of species in Collomia, use the above link.)

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1. Perennial herb from underground rhizomes

2. Plant generally stem < 5 cm,  congested;   < 2 cm, lobed; corolla light to deep purple ..... C. larsenii

2' Plant ; stem > 10 cm, internodes spaced; leaf blade generally 3–8 cm, coarsely toothed; corolla red-orange ..... C. rawsoniana

1' Annual from taproot

3. Stem generally erect, , middle internodes short-white-nonglandular-hairy; flowers in heads terminal, occasionally on  stems

4. Corolla yellow to orange, fading white, 15–30 mm (< 5 mm in cleistogamous flowers); at least 1 anther pollen generally blue ..... C. grandiflora

4' Corolla white to pink, <= 15 mm; anthers ; pollen generally white ..... C. linearis

3' Stem generally , branches spreading to , internodes long-translucent-glandular-hairy; flowers 1 or in clusters axillary and terminal

5. Lower cauline leaves , 3-toothed or 1–2 pinnate-lobed

6. Lower cauline leaves 3-toothed, upper ; corolla tube purple, throat yellow,  violet-pink ..... C. diversifolia

6' Lower cauline leaves 1–2 pinnate-lobed, upper lobed to entire; corolla tube yellow to light pink, throat yellow to white, lobes light pink to white ..... C. heterophylla

5' Lower cauline leaves  to , entire

7. Flowers 1(2–3), corolla 4–6 mm; pollen white ..... C. tenella

7' Flowers 2–3(5), corolla 8–22 mm; pollen generally blue

8. Corolla 8–14 mm, stamens attached at 1 level ..... C. tinctoria

8' Corolla 12–22 mm, stamens attached at > 1 level ..... C. tracyi

 

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